The Plague
(Engel)
Intro: Bm G/B A Bm x2
Bm
I spent many a night laying on my back
G/B
Waiting for the dawn to pierce a crack
Am Bm
In the ceiling hanging from the sky
And I envied the boy who grabbed the toy
G/B
And ran away and found the joy
Am Bm
While I stood in the shadows wondering why
C#m
Flying towards me, wrapped in laughter
A/C#
A woman's face, a terrible taste
Bm C#m
Of the morning after kisses and goodbyes
I can never seem to catch my footsteps
A/C#
Have desires they fly away
Bm
And every day I've got to fight the plague
C'mon hear me now
Bm G/B
Ooh yeah
A Bm
Got the plague
How can I live an hour like this
G/B
When anguish strikes me like a fist
Am Bm
My nakedness exposed, and I can't stand
Still I try to remember lips on lips
G/B
And hips on the hips, and ice and fire
Am Bm
And gloom and glow - when did they leave the man?
C#m
In the river of the night I see
A/C#
A face that shimmers down at me
Bm C#m
But like a falling star burns itself out
Like a dead leaf scrapes the gravelled ground
A/C#
My voice cries out, a gravelled sound
Bm
But no-one's there to hear me but the plague
C'mon baby
Bm G/B
Ooh yeah
A Bm
Got the plague
G/B A
Can't you hear me?
Bm
Got the plague
Straining hard to see
G/B
Running after me
A Bm
I keep pounding, pounding on the door
But it's all so vague
G/B
When you meet the plague
Am Bm
And I keep coming, I keep coming back for more
Bm G/B A Bm G/B Am Bm
End